I would trust Amnesty International’s numbers like I trust my Bible./sarc

Every day in the U.S., more than two women die of pregnancy-related causes, with the maternal mortality ratio doubling from 6.6 deaths per 100,000 births in 1987 to 13.3 deaths per 100,000 births in 2006. (And as shocking as these figures are, Amnesty notes that the actual number of maternal deaths in the U.S. may be a lot higher since there are no federal requirements to report these outcomes and since data collection at the state and local levels needs to be improved.)

Obesity, no prenatal care for illegals who show up to have their baby. They’ll cry about no actual numbers for birth related deaths but they won’t cry for actual numbers of abortion related deaths, and you will never hear about how having a child is good for you, especially with all the joy and love that is produced watching their shenanigans.

They need to do things like eat a good diet, take prenatal vitamins to lessen the possibility of certain congenital problems in their babies, and be watched for early signs of complications, such as high blood pressure, fluid retention, etc.

You forgot, "Not smoke, drink, and use drugs."

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posted on 03/12/2010 5:06:58 AM PST
by CholeraJoe
("We are as numerous as the stars in the heavens, and we are all gun-men.")

"Every day in the U.S., more than two women die of pregnancy-related causes"

Wow! In a country of 300,000,000 people *only* 2.4 women die of pregnancy related causes each day.My guess is that more than that die each day from stubbed toes.And of those 2.4 women,how many of them had,the day before,entered this country illegally from Mexico,Guatemala,Nigeria,etc? And how many of them were junkies who has access to good pre-natal care but couldn't be bothered to take advantage because they were "just too busy"?

Note how they state “A woman dying in childbirth”, but don't specify they number of pregnancies/births to females. They do give the rate against live births, but not when that make the first statement. Reproductive rates are very low in the European countries they name, so it feels like the statement is rigged.

“Some people choose to drink, smoke and do drugs during their pregnancy.”

Exactly. If women are dying during childbirth in this country it's not because the OBs don't know what they're doing. Show me a statistic that seems to demonstrate inferior care in the US, and I'll show you why the opposite is true and why the statistic cited is BS. In the US we have freedom, which means people who are at high risk for pregnancy related complications can choose to become pregnant anyway. People can choose lifestyles etc. that put them and their baby at risk.

Also anytime you see statistics from socialist countries ask yourself whether or not you can trust those statistics.

‘The report notes that black women in the U.S. are nearly four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women’

Compare the stats between black women and white women:

1) the diet during pregnancy.
2) weight gain and the stress it places on the heart
3) exercise during pregnancy
4) one group(black) that is probably on medicare and one group(white) that probably is on private plans
5) white women probably are more emotionally supported by their husbands.......blacks have an extremely high out of wedlock pregnancies.

2) As pointed out already, there are many factors that contribute to bad outcomes. I’m willing to bet that the illegal border crossers, sneaking into the US to have their anchor babies after having had NO prenatal care (and possibly, no medical care ever), and subjecting themselves to the strain of crossing, have a fairly high mortality rate.

3) I think the new age trends such as having home deliveries probably increases the rate, too. Some of those New Agers choose NOT to have any kind of prenatal care.

4) The role of abortion cannot be overlooked. Although the only figures I’ve seen relate to fetal death rate, a past abortion is as risky to a fetus as smoking during pregnancy. I wouldn’t be surprised if that also translates to a higher maternal death rate.

Unless there is an immediately life-threatening pregnancy complication (e.g. ectopic pregnancy), child birth is always safer for the mother than abortion. It’s infinitely safer for the baby...

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posted on 03/12/2010 5:33:42 AM PST
by exDemMom
(Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)

The report, titled "Deadly Delivery," notes that the likelihood of a woman dying in childbirth in the U.S. is ﬁve times greater than in Greece, four times greater than in Germany, and three times greater than in Spain. Laughable.

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